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 <title><![CDATA[Seize the data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The critical piece to making government work is no longer systems, but the ability to mine, analyze and use the information in systems.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Turning data into knowledge is the challenge]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Alex Bennet, co-founder of the Mountain Quest Institute in Frost, W.Va., is a recognized expert in knowledge management. She has written extensively on KM and is co-author of Organizational Survival in the New World: The Intelligent Complex Adaptive System.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[The dirt on clean data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[More than ever, an agency&#146;s ability to do its job depends on the quality of its data. With a little elbow grease, agencies can make their data presentable.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Net-centricity plan puts data up front]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Information sharing is at the core of future systems.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Techincal Difficulties]]></title>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[ANOTHER VIEW: Boomers need to leave a workforce legacy]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As my peers and I begin to contemplate the next phase of our lives&#151;and what we have and have not accomplished as career civil servants&#151;it occurs to me that we need to make some changes in the way we hire and retain IT professionals in civil service.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[EDITOR&#146;S DESK: Resolve to let go]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Here is a list of things the government should resolve not to do in 2006.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DOD project hits the books]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Defense Department moves to standardize business language before going online with its new financial system.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army has awarded a five-year, $681 million contract to ITT Industries Inc. to operate and maintain the service&#146;s communications and information systems in Asia and Africa.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37902-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Software of the future]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Installing software on a computer, with all the Registry settings and OS changes it entails, is a laborious, untidy process. To the extent agencies can virtualize programs so they&#146;re available as services but still run locally, they could see big advantages.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37887-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Microsoft does CRM]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Last month, Microsoft Corp. rolled out an upgrade to its customer relationship management software. That&#146;s right, Microsoft sells CRM.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Compliance management steps up]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agencies in need of technology that can help formulate security policy and check systems for compliance with FISMA might want to look at the new Command Center management solution from Scalable Software Inc.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[WebMethods and Common Criteria]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Web services company WebMethods Inc. of Fairfax, Va., announced last month that its flagship integration suite WebMethods Fabric received Common Criteria security certification from the National Information Assurance Partnership.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37890-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Windows and Common Criteria...]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp. recently earned EAL 4+ certification for a fistful of operating-systems software, including Windows Server 2003 SP1 Enterprise, Server and Datacenter Editions, Windows XP Professional SP2 and Embedded XP SP2.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Protecting airwaves]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[AirDefense Inc. of Alpharetta, Ga., has released AirDefense Enterprise 7.0, a wireless security platform that detects intrusions by analyzing real-time events in the context of historical data.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37892-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Servers with more memory]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Server builder Appro International Inc., of Milpitas, Calif., has introduced a line of 1U and 3U servers based on single-or dual-core AMD Opteron processors.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37893-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[In Short]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[IBM Corp. said it will support the OpenDocument file standard in its desktop software starting this year. ]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Greg Rothwell | Better buys at DHS]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Greg Rothwell spent three decades in the federal government&#151;including the last two years with DHS&#151;building a reputation among federal and industry officials for his honesty and integrity.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37878-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Made in the shade: multifunction printers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[These five, full-color multifunction printers can save you money, but they vary in speed, quality and price.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37920-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[PACKET RAT: After open-source effort, Mass. CIO is out of the game]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[&#147;It looks like Peter Quinn got a big pile of political nastiness in his stocking from Santa this year,&#148; the Rat remarked to his boss recently, after reading about the Massachusetts CIO&#146;s sudden resignation. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37938-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[THE COMMUNITY: Park Service interns create Korean-language Web site]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Park Service has launched the first foreign-language version of its Web site, created in Korean by interns from that country sponsored by the Park Service&#146;s CIO&#146;s office.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37939-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[And another thing...]]></title>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[CIO Council sets rules for Core.gov ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The CIO Council has published the operational procedures for the federal Component Organization and Registration Environment Web repository.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37879-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[XBRL holds promise for sleuths at SEC ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The trick is getting corporations to adopt the business reporting language when filing their financial statements.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37880-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Feds to spend $1 billion on new airwaves]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[It will cost 12 federal agencies nearly $936 million to move their radio communications out of a range of the spectrum that the Federal Communications Commission plans to auction off for next-generation mobile broadband services, according to the Commerce Department.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37921-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[The FBI&#146;s Sentinel is under close watch]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A Government Accountability Office report prompts calls for oversight of the bureau's case management project.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37922-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Azmi defends plans for new system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[FBI CIO Zalamai Azmi,  in a letter to GCN, rebutted a Government Accountability Office critique of the Sentinel project, outlining a number of measures the FBI is taking to avoid mistakes in planning the project.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37923-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[OMB memo fuels debate over cataloging ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration argues that search technology is good enough to find most of what agencies put online.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37924-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Deals &amp; Deadlines]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration awarded WidePoint Corp., a subsidiary of Operational Research Consultants Inc. of Fairfax, Va., a blanket purchasing agreement under the Federal Supply Service IT schedule for E-Authentication products and services.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37925-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Data-centric pilots in the works for DOD services]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department&#146;s CIO office plans to kick-start efforts to make data more universally accessible.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37931-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[What&#146;s hot this year? ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Federal technology managers are always facing new fires. GCN surveyed government officials, contractors and market observers to gauge what will be the hottest issues on this year&#146;s agenda.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37933-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Online Extra: Full-length interview with Alex Bennet]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Alex Bennet, co-founder of the Mountain Quest Institute in Frost, W.Va., is a recognized expert in knowledge management. She has written extensively on KM and is co-author of Organizational Survival in the New World: The Intelligent Complex Adaptive System. An excerpt from this interview was published in GCN's Jan. 9 print edition.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37934-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[People on the move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Air Force Maj. Gen. Dale Meyerrose has been confirmed as the first CIO of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37935-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[ITAA&#146;s Miller considers Senate run]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America, will decide as early as this week whether to run as a Democrat against incumbent Sen. George Allen (R-Va.).]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37936-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Online Extra:  VA enhances patient identity matching]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Veterans Affairs Department has hired Initiate Systems Inc. of Chicago to eliminate duplicate records and improve the matching of all the right records with the right person in the Veterans Health Administration&#146;s Master Person Index system.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37937-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Online Extra: Useful links about data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government might run on IT systems, but the key to success is control of information. In 2006, data will take center stage. Here is a collection of online resources readers may find useful.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37942-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Online Extra: Data cleaning 101]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[So your office has three databases, and each one has a different spelling of one individual&#146;s name. Here&#146;s how to clean that data up:]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37947-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[The IP shift ... slow and steady]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System took nine years to migrate its network, but the benefits were worth it.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37903-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[To tag or not to tag]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As search engines become more powerful, agencies debate the usefulness of metadata.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37884-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Metadata among 2006 IT priorities]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[According to GCN&#146;s exclusive survey of federal, state and local readers, metadata will play a key role in several critical IT initiatives.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37885-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[INTERNAUT: I came, I saw, I Wiki&#146;d]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If Wiki solutions are going to enjoy any sort of future in government IT shops, project managers and content owners need to learn a valuable lesson from the recent Wikipedia fiasco.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37886-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Realizing the benefits of IPv6 will take time]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As agencies begin the transition in earnest, they&#146;ll be looking for practical advantages to the new protocol.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37897-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Will IPv6 networks be ready to handle government&#146;s needs?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The next version of Internet Protocols is essential to the Defense Department&#146;s net-centric vision, and the government has committed to having its networks running IPv6 by 2008.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_01/37899-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Hackers are ready for IPv6&#151;are you?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[One of the arguments for moving to version 6 of the Internet Protocols is that it will offer more security. This may well be true in the long run. But for the time being, IPv6 is likely to introduce more complexity and create more problems than it solves.]]></description>
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